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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Am. 



klokida; the orange-bloom heavy. 



fHE bees are doing well this spring, and we 

 .shall hav^e a fine lot of honey. The orange- 

 bloom has been unusually heavy, but we 

 had so much rain during the time of bloom 

 that it has in a measure cut off the yield. 

 The scrub-palmetto will be in bloom in a feAV days 

 now, and the bees will gather honej' from that. We 

 shall also sow our grove with Japanese buck- 

 wheat, which does well so far as tried. We had a 

 few seeds from a neighbor, and sowed a small 

 patch near the hives, and the bees were at work on 

 it before it was fairly in bloom. Mrs. A. L. Ford. 

 Orlando, Pla., March 7, 1888. 



FROM 4 TO 11, AND 300 LBS. OF HONEY. 



We started with four colonies last spring; in- 

 creased to eleven, and received 300 lbs. of honey; 

 pretty good for a starter. We are making our own 

 hives this spring. We got a combined machine, so 

 we can do the work very well. I. Reedek. 



Everett, Neb., Mar. 3.5, 1888. 



NEW SWARMS. 



Bees are doing pretty well for the late spring 

 we have had. They commenced work Jan. 38, but 

 have had so much rain and cold weather that they 

 have not built up very fast. 1 had my first swarm 

 last week. We get no propolis until the middle of 

 May. J. W. ECKMAN. 



Richmond, Tex,, Mar. 31), 1888. 



ALL ALIVE BUT TWO. 



My 31 stands of bees in chaff and Simplicity hives 

 put in winter quarters last fall have all come 

 through all right. Four stands in Dr. Tinker's hive 

 were fi.xed in the same way, and two of them died. 

 The other two I am feeding. Samuel C. Ware. 



Towanda, 111., March 9, 1888. 



WINTERED WELL. 



1 am very much pleased with the statistical re- 

 ports in Gleaninos. You may depend on me for 

 reports. Bees have wintered well so far. Clover 

 will not be killed, as there is three feet of snow on 

 the gi'ound. Frank Durhand. 



Esdaile, Pierce Co., Wis., March 9, 1888. 



THE first pollen. 



The bees gathered the first pollen on the 31st and 

 33d inst. Bees have wintered well so far, and are in 

 good healthy condition— that is, the Italians are. I 

 think that most of the black bees that have not been 

 fed will die. They did not gather nearly the amount 

 of honey that the Italians did. I have two black 

 colonies, and I have to feed them or they could not 

 live until fruit-blossom. W. H. Kline. 



Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co.. O., March 36, 1888. 



FROM 1 TO 6, and 60 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Last spring I commenced with one colony of 

 Italians; increased them to four. They made 60 

 lbs. of surplus honey in sections, after filling their 

 brood-chambers full. It was mostly of buckwheat 

 and golden rod. It was so very dry here that there 

 was not much clover honey made. I winter them 

 on their summer stands, packed with chaff. They 

 have had a fiy but once since the 15th of Dec, and 

 that was the 34th of Feb. Honey brings from 15 to 

 18 cents per pound. Jennie P. 



McLane, Pa., Mar. 1, 1888. 



POLLEN FROM SKUNK CABBAGE. 



Bees are in good shape at present; from 3 to 4 

 frames with brood April 3; bringing in pollen from 

 skunk cabbage now. We lost only 3 out of 51, out- 

 doors on stand. Henry Kinney. 



Amber, N. Y., April 6, 1888. 



" BEES ALL IN GOOD CONDITION." 



My bees are all in good condition. My loss this 

 winter on summer stands is only one colony; but, 

 of course, our climate is so mild we don't have to 

 winter in cellar or chaff. G. H. Reed. 



Anneville, Tex., Mar. 13, 1888. 



GOOD PROSPECTS FOR A LARGE HONEY CROP. 



My 66 colonies and about the same number of my 

 neighbor Schlimper's have wintered well, and have 

 from 5 to 6 frames of brood. Prospects for a large 

 honey crop are flattering. J. Gerard. . 



Brackettsville, Tex., Mar. 12, 1888. 



BRINGING IN POLLEN. 



My bees have wintered very well so far; are car- 

 rying in natural pollen. They commenced gather- 

 ing pollen the first of this month. They are all in 

 A. I. Root's chaff hives, and wintered on summer 

 stands. They commenced raising brood in Februa- 

 ry. John Langley. 



Widnoon, Pa., March 4, 1888. 



WINTERING NICELY. 



Our bees are wintering nicely, and had a good Hy 

 March 1. A small swarm came and settled in my 

 bee-yard yesterday, and I put them in an observa- 

 tory hive and fed them, and have them in the 

 kitchen. I took .500 lbs. of comb honey from .50 

 stands last season, and sold it for $100. I winter on 

 summer stands. J. R. Morrison. 



Bates, Ills., March 3, 1888. 



IN good condition. 



I started last spring with six colonies, and bought 

 four of O. H. Townsend, Alamo, Mich., which were 

 in tiptop order when received. These gave me 10 

 colonies to start on. I increased to 27, and procur- 

 ed 3100 lbs. extracted honey, and enough for them 

 to winter on. At this date they are all in good con- 

 dition, having wintered in chaff hives, out of doors. 

 Matthias Schneider, Jr. 



Mclvor, Mich., Mar. 31, 1888. 



NEW honey in TEXAS. 



I had 6 swarms of bees on the 31st, which settled 

 together. I divided into four swarms. These are 

 doing well. Then 6 swarms came out on the 3d. 

 I divided them into 4 hives, giving them comb. On 

 the 34th in the evening, all came out and went off, 

 but I don't know why. 1 extracted 80 lbs. of honey to- 

 day—some new honey and some last year's honey, 

 from 3 hives. All are doing very well at present. 

 I have 63 hives now. J. T. Bond. 



Cline, Tex., Mar. 36, 1888. 



none lost. 



I have frequently seen bees fly, but never as they 

 flew to day. It is really the first good fly they have 

 had since last November. About it a. m. they just 

 swarmed out until the air and the fronts of the 

 hives were black with them. Out of 85 last fall, not 

 a single loss, and bees are in excellent condition — 

 not a bad record for the " unbearable " chaff hive, 

 is it, Bro. Root? I say, tally one more. Mercury at 

 9 A. M., 60. Geo. E. Hilton. 



Fremont, Mich., Mar. 19, 1888, 



